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Robert Reich of the Channel Broadcasting Company is in trouble with the law in the United States; the businessman is being sued by DISH Network for appropriating copyrighted content owned by DISH Network. The U.S. television provider says it conducted an investigation last year and found that its content relating to X-View was being advertised […]
Written on June 1, 2020 | Posted in
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Former Minister of National Security John Saldivar, a trained economist and aspirant for leadership of the United Democratic Party, has put forward a proposal for Belize’s economic recovery post COVID-19. The Belmopan area representative, who was forced to step down as the newly elected U.D.P. leader in February amid the Lev Dermen scandal, proposes five […]
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The wage bill for public officers has ballooned significantly since the United Democratic Party first assumed office in 2008. The cost of paying salaries for teachers and other public officers hangs heavy as one of government’s biggest financial responsibility. Saldivar proposes a streamlining of the public sector to modernize its operations. Likewise, he proposes tax […]
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As for leadership ambitions, John Saldivar has been marred by the Lev Dermen scandal earlier this year, which resulted in a humiliating resignation as U.D.P. party leader elect as well as his removal from cabinet. Saldivar says he is not fazed by those events since he stands behind his innocence in accepting monies from the […]
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The Ministry of National Security today received sixty thousand surgical masks courtesy of the Taiwanese government. The masks were presented to Minister of National Security Michael Peyrefitte by Ambassador of Taiwan to Belize Remus Li-Kuo Chen. The donation is a result of a request from the government to provide surgical masks for frontline workers. Minister […]
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As you know by now, the new Statutory Instrument number seventy-eight of 2020, the Belize Constitution (Emergency Powers) Regulations came into effect today, June first. As was announced last Friday, several of the measures in place are being relaxed and on Saturday, Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte appeared on the Ask the Experts webcast to break […]
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While the measures continue to be scaled down and the economy continues to open up slowly, don’t expect social distancing and face masks to go away so quickly. Those remain in place up until the end of this month and will very likely be extended as the national oversight committee sees fit. Attorney General Michael […]
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…and now to the relaxation for public places and spaces. Street vending is now permitted, but will be subjected to public health guidelines. Boledo, casino, gyms and all restaurants are now allowed to operate but, again, with some restrictions. AG Michael Peyrefitte outlines those new changes. Michael Peyrefitte, Attorney General “Street food vendors; tacos […]
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On June first, a new round of relaxed measures will come into effect across the country, as Belize continues to remain free of new coronavirus cases. This morning, PM Barrow prefaced what can be expected during the weekend edition of Ask the Experts, where Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte is expected to elaborate on the eased […]
Written on May 29, 2020 | Posted in
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The pandemic has pushed employment numbers up and a full economic recovery will take time to occur. Most businesses project two years to be able to recover. Eighty-three thousand persons applied for the Unemployment Relief Programme and forty-five thousand have been approved. The programme is floundering because applicants continue to fill out forms with inaccurate […]
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The massive relief effort to assist thousands of destitute families with food supplies during the economic hardship that has befallen the country since the initial wave of COVID-19 is ongoing. Much like the unemployment relief programme, government is working to serve the needs of all Belizeans who qualify for food assistance. While assessments have been […]
Written on May 29, 2020 | Posted in
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The PM said today that the Belize dollar remains strong. But while the foreign exchange position is holding, there is a need for additional foreign exchange in the very near future, so this is prompting government to get the ball rolling on the budding hemp industry. While there are a few pilot projects presently being […]
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Former Minister of Sports and Consul General in New York, Herman Longsworth was fired after it was revealed that he was responsible for questionable cash transactions. An audit into the finances of the National Sports Council by the Auditor General documented dubious cash transactions involving Longsworth and several other persons. The matter came to light […]
Written on May 29, 2020 | Posted in
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On February twenty-sixth, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told News Five that disgraced minister John Saldivar would naturally be brought in for questioning into the allegations of bribery against him. That is yet to occur. Saldivar first denied having received tens of thousands of dollars from fraudster Lev Dermen and Jacob Kingston. But soon after, […]
Written on May 29, 2020 | Posted in
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The country of Belize remains under threat for a second wave of the coronavirus though no new cases have been reported in past forty-six days. Notwithstanding, the Ministry of Health continues to prepare for the eventuality that new imported cases can pop up. A further relaxing of the state of emergency will be announced on […]
Written on May 28, 2020 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, the Ministry of Finance sent out an addendum to a circular that had been previously released in respect of increments owed to eligible public officers for the fiscal year 2020. The memo from Financial Secretary Joseph Waight goes over the position that government has taken where those salary adjustments are concerned, that if […]
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The executive of the P.S.U. also met virtually on Wednesday night where they held the first of a series of online conversations with its membership regarding various matters, including the increment. According to Flowers, the wider membership of the union is in agreement with the addendum. Dean Flowers, 1st Vice President, P.S.U. “What occurred […]
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The Prime Minister will on Friday measures that will give more freedom of movement during the state of emergency. But while ComPol says that the department is doing the best it can, he feels that some officers are not doing enough to enforce the S.O.E. regulations. Williams says that they may be more focused on […]
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Chetumal is locking up shop at five every evening and this is what it looks like at this time. This latest measure was taken by our neighbours in the north. Mexican media reports that Othon P. Blanco’s mayor has called on businesses in Chetumal to close at five to slow down the spread of COVID-19, […]
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The body of a woman was discovered in Bullet Tree Falls in Cayo District earlier today. The woman who has been identified as an American national was found motionless this morning and her cause of death was still under investigation by police officers who responded to the scene of the discovery. Up to news time […]
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As many as eighty-three thousand persons applied for the Unemployment Relief by the time the portal closed. A second round of now payment is being prepared for persons eligible to receive financial assistance from the Social Security Board under the COVID-19 Unemployment Relief Program. Chairman, Doctor Colin Young told News Five today that almost forty-three […]
Written on May 27, 2020 | Posted in
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There have been complaints from recipients that the second tranche of payment has been slow to come by, since many received their first hundred and fifty dollar payout back in early April. According to Doctor Young, the S.S.B. is only following the directives of the financial experts put in place to lead the program by […]
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Last Friday, Mark Neal, the owner of Body 2000 Gym, appeared in magistrate’s court along with four others to answer charges related to violations of the state of emergency regulations. Today, he invited us to the fitness center here on Coney Drive where he has since retrofitted the facility to accommodate clients under the social […]
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Mason Berry, the owner of a delivery service in the west, feels that he may have been singled out and unfairly charged under the state of emergency regulations. Berry says he had gone to Benque Viejo to do a run and on his return trip, around four-thirty that evening; he was stopped at a check-point […]
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While we were with the Belize City Mayor today, the media asked for an update on the revenue streams at the Council. In April when the state of emergency was declared, economic activity came to a screeching halt at City Hall and there was merely a trickle of income. More than four hundred staff members, […]
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